Very different way to tell the tale and very enjoyable. Unique meme. Second book in the series is a long one .....yay
What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
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Very different way to tell the tale and very enjoyable. Unique meme. Second book in the series is a long one .....yay
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This was a good read with some interesting insights. It is repetitive though, and some of the evidence used to support his reasoning is likely subject to serious debate eg in a few places early on he brings up fmri and suggests the imaging reveals something of what a voter actually wants.
There are several interesting attempts to refute common ie known to me a layperson arguments for democracy, as well as the more sophisticated defenses put up by political scientists and philosophers which make it worth reading.
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)
Blight of Blackwings ...Book 2 in the Bone Giant series....crazy imginative ..very unique.
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I'm re-reading the Virgil Flowers crime novels by John Sanford, set in rural Minnesota...
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Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber. Grim, funny, and ridiculous in equal measure. Really well written though.
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There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
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"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
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My books on the night stand and a few coming are on Estonia and the Baltics. Hoping to visit Tallinn and Riga in a year or two.
I even got a used book teaching Estonian. It sounds like Finnish but a good third of the words have no resemblance to each other, the words for the same thing. Sounds like this:
The title is that the world is ringing (in music) but in Finnish heliseb sounds like rattling. The words are related in that manner, "false friends."
I even got a used book teaching Estonian. It sounds like Finnish but a good third of the words have no resemblance to each other, the words for the same thing. Sounds like this:
The title is that the world is ringing (in music) but in Finnish heliseb sounds like rattling. The words are related in that manner, "false friends."
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The whole country seems to be obsessed with singing. And fucking, it seems.
Maa tuleb täita lastega
The land must be filled with children
Maa tuleb täita lastega
The land must be filled with children
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I'm reading some song lyrics, and the verbs and nouns take the same form as in Finnish. We use cases in nouns instead of prepositions. The endings are all the same.
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I picked this pipedream bullshit up on Peacock's recommendation.
I'll start it later today.The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
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"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice.
There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
Frank Zappa
"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
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The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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Not showing, Sean...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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'Entangled Life' Jim, by Merlin Sheldrake (good druid name there). It's about fungi.
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"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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Details on how to do that can be found here.
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"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice.
There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
Frank Zappa
"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
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Might see if they have it in our Library...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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And my gin!
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noumenom trilogy.
typing one handed as carpal tunnel surgery today,
typing one handed as carpal tunnel surgery today,
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